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April 5, 2022
Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile system has a name: Sentinel
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved the designation for the system that modernizes the ICBM leg of the Nation’s nuclear triad.
April 4, 2022
Whiteman Air Force Base hosts large-force joint integration exercise
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — On April 4, the 509th Bomb Wing kicked off a four-day interoperability exercise involving active duty, guard and reserve fighter, bomber, refueling and support units from across the country.Following months-long planning, Exercise Agile Tiger is designed to meet training objectives consisting of high-fidelity distributed mission planning,
March 22, 2022
USSTRATCOM Commander Announces 2021 Omaha Trophy Winners
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — n recognition of outstanding support to U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) strategic deterrence mission, U.S. Navy Adm. Charles Richard, commander of USSTRATCOM, announced the winners of the 2021Omaha Trophies, March 22, 2022.
March 14, 2022
U.S. Strategic Command celebrates a legacy spanning over 50 years
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the Strategic Command Consultation Committee (SCC) unveiled the Omaha Trophy Honor Wall at USSTRATCOM headquarters on March 14, 2022.
March 8, 2022
U.S. Intel Officials Detail Threats From China, Russia
China is coming ever closer to being a peer competitor to the United States economically, militarily and technologically, Avril Haines, the director of National Intelligence, told the House Intelligence Committee.
DOD Leaders Say Russia, China Provide Challenges to National Security
Every operational plan in the Defense Department rests on an assumption that strategic deterrence is holding, and in particular, that nuclear deterrence is holding, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command said.
March 7, 2022
GBSD coming to F.E. Warren
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE, Wyo. — Detail of the replacement of the Minuteman III ICBM system with the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.
Feb. 9, 2022
53rd Wing tests avionics software update during Bomber Task Force sortie
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron completed a test of the Sustainment Block-18 avionics software and achieved long-range communications utilizing Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol–A during a U.S. Strategic Command Bomber Task Force mission in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Jan. 11, 2022.
Jan. 25, 2022
U.S. Strategic Command conducts Exercise Global Lightning
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — U.S. Strategic Command will commence Global Lightning 22 this week in coordination with U.S. Indo Pacific Command. This is an annual command post exercise designed to train Department of Defense forces and assess joint operational readiness across USSTRATCOM mission areas.Global Lightning is an invaluable training opportunity that tests USSTRATCOM
Dec. 8, 2021
USFFC Holds Change of Command, Welcomes 43rd Commander
NORFOLK, Va. — NORFOLK, Va. - Adm. Christopher Grady was relieved by Adm. Daryl Caudle as commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFFC), in a ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 7.